Indian Cricketer attacked by unidentified men

New Delhi, July 22: The Indian Cricketer Parvinder Awana, who has played for Kings XI Punjab in the IPL, was allegedly beaten up by unidentified men in Greater Noida on Friday.

Police said 31-year-old Awana was on his way back from his home in Haridwar when he was passing through Kasna area of Greater Noida.

"He crossed five men and a woman who were in a car. There was an argument between the two sides. He tried to intervene and was manhandled by them," said Jitendra Kumar, Station House Officer (SHO), Kasna police station.



Police sources said they suspect that the attackers were "running away after a fight in a nearby factory", and were from "Ghanghola village of Greater Noida".

Meanwhile, police are "investigating the angle that the accused in the case belonged to the Sunder Bhati gang".

Parvinder is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Delhi in domestic cricket. He was picked for the national squad for a Test against England. The medium-pacer made his Twenty 20 International debut in December 2012.